bell hooks is a ~controversial~ figure but she cooked when she said a lot of people do not want to deal with the fact that they were not treated lovingly as children and are trying to reconcile that dynamic with what they understand to be love
America should have a universal job guarantee. We have so much work to do as a country. We should have centers that I can show up to at 7am with my ID and get assigned work for the day. Trash clean up, food pantry distribution I mean the possibilities are endless
A grumpy man can control a family without ever raising his voice. He just has to make his displeasure expensive enough. A long silence at dinner. A ruined car ride. Soon, everyone starts pre-adjusting. The kids are told “not now” before they can ask. She chooses the restaurant he likes, the movie he won’t complain through, the route that avoids traffic because traffic makes him unbearable. This is how a household becomes organized around one person’s refusal to regulate themselves.
growing up is funny because it makes you realize in retrospect just how unnecessarily cruel adults were to you in childhood. like damn, i'm an adult now and i could never be such a horrible person to a little kid
It’s sad that during your formative years, your exposure to the world is largely limited by your parent’s own exposure. If they value things like music lessons, spelling bees, sports, or exploring random hobbies, you benefit from that. If not, it’s just chores and TV for you.
This is wtf we talking about when we say we need representation! They were EXCLUDING BLACK HAIR IN COSMOLOGY CURRICULUM!! Thats how deep racism goes!!!
Aquela cena de fleabag que fala que as mulheres nascem com a dor embutida e carregam isso a vida toda enquanto os homens precisam procurar a dor deles aí criam deuses demonios e provocam guerras
there is no invisible labor in this house
my husband gets a run down of everything i did that day bc i love getting confetti and a parade for making the bed and doing dishes